Rested Meyler ready for Premier League

Despite a truncated pre-season with Hull City, midfielder David Meyler has assured Tigers fans he will be fit and ready for the new Premier League season.

The 27-year-old took an extended break following his exertions with the Republic of Ireland at Euro 2016 in June, but is now back in full training with newly-promoted Hull, and approaching peak fitness.

Meyler played the full 90 minutes in Wednesday’s 3-1 victory over Turkish opponents Caykur Rizespor, and is now looking ahead to Hull’s season opener against champions Leicester City in a week’s time.

“It is tough when you’re playing catch-up a little bit,” said Meyler.

“But I’m enjoying the challenge of that and having got 90 minutes on Wednesday I feel that I’m getting there.

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“I’d say I’m probably at 90 per cent at the moment and with another game to come on Saturday and more training next week, I’ll be ready.

“Overall, I think we were all happy to get another good run-out on Wednesday and especially against a team that liked to try and keep the ball.

“We started a bit slowly but after the first 10 minutes we dominated the game.

“Our opponents came out to give us a big game but we got out of it what we needed to as we build towards the season opener against Leicester.”